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Cylake

Software Infrastucture Engineer

Sunnyvale$150k–$250kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Join a cybersecurity startup to architect and build the platform layer for large-scale embedded systems, from bootloader through system software. You'll design software lifecycle management, image handling, and deploy observability infrastructure as part of a small, experienced team.

What you'll do

  • Architect and implement bootloader and system software platform layer for embedded systems
  • Design and manage software lifecycle processes including packaging, upgrades, and high availability
  • Collaborate with hardware vendors on requirements and specifications
  • Develop hardware validation and stress testing suites
  • Deploy observability and metrics infrastructure
  • Implement secure boot chains and SELinux policies

What they're looking for

  • Linux kernel, drivers, and platform bring-up (5+ years)
  • C, bash, and Python programming
  • Kubernetes, Helm charts, Ansible, and cloud orchestration
  • Bare-metal provisioning (DHCP, PXE, IPMI)
  • Secure Boot and SELinux
  • Embedded systems software lifecycle management
  • Hardware validation and stress testing
  • Rust programming (preferred)

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation ($150,000–$250,000 annually)
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Health and well-being support
  • Ground-level career growth opportunity
  • Work with industry veterans on impactful products
  • Opportunity to design systems from scratch
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Cylake

Cylake builds an AI-native cybersecurity platform that combines endpoint security agents, observability infrastructure, and petabyte-scale data lakehouse capabilities to detect and prevent threats across systems. The company is hiring for platform engineers, data architects, frontend engineers, and systems engineers to build core infrastructure, analytics pipelines, security agent technology, and user experiences for threat investigation.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through your experience with Linux kernel development and platform bring-up. What's the most complex driver or kernel issue you've debugged?
  • Describe your experience implementing secure boot chains. How have you worked with bootloaders, GRUB, dm-verity, or IMA in production systems?
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